The Specificity of Serological Reactions.

Abstract

The text of the revised edition was completed by Dr. Landsteiner before his untimely death in June 1943, and was prepared for publication by E. K. Landsteiner. The book follows the form of the earlier edition but the material has been brought up to date. Owing to the war, recent foreign material, except the British, was not available for review.

Following the introduction which outlines immunological phenomena and gives the general nomenclature, there are two chapters devoted to the serological specificity of proteins and to cell antigens. This is followed by a section on artificially prepared conjugated antigens and the